Local Government Finance

HC Deb 19 October 1992 vol 212 cc137-8W

Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy not to change the formula for allocating central government finance to local authorities in Wales.

Mr. David Hunt

The formulae for distributing resources within the local government revenue settlement have been agreed annually between the Welsh Office and the Welsh local authority associations through the forum of the Welsh Consultative Council on Local Government Finance. The formulae for 1993–94 need to take account of changes in local government functions from 1 April 1993 and the introduction of the council tax on the same date. The distribution formulae will be set out in the Welsh Local Government finance report 1993–94 to be laid before the House in the new year.

Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what policy considerations underlay his decision to change the financial allocation to local authorities for expenditure

Cardiff Bay Development Corporation—board attendance record
	October 1990	October 1990 S*	November 1990	December 1990	February 1991	March 1991
G. D. Inkin	P	P	P	P	P	P
Lord Brooks of Tremorfa	P	P	P	P	A	P
Mrs. M. Barnes	P	P	A	P	P	P
J. A. Beveridge	P	P	P	P	P	P
P. Chapple	A	A	Deceased
Mrs. H. Chapman	A	P	A	A	P	A
A. G. Cox	A	P	P	A	P	P
B. H. R. Hudson-Davies	p	P	P	p	P	p
T. Hunter Jarvie						P
W. P. Kitson	P	A	P	P	P	P
J. R. Phillips	P	P	P	P	P	P
J. P. Sainsbury
H. R. Silverman	P	P	P	P	P	P
L. S. Smith
B. K. Thomas
R. E. Watkiss	P	A	P	P	P	A
A = Absent. S* = Special board meeting. P = Present.

Cardiff Bay Development Corporation—board attendance record
	April 1991	May 1991	June 1991	July 1991	September 1991	October 1991
G. D. Inkin	P	P	P	P	P	P
Lord Brooks of Tremorfa	A	P	P	P	P	A
Mrs. M. Barnes	A	P	A	A	P	A
J. A. Beveridge	A	A	P	P	P	P
P. Chapple	Deceased
Mrs. H. Chapman	P	P	P	P	P	A
A. G. Cox	P	P	P	A	P	P
B. H. R. Hudson-Davies	P	A	P	P	P	P
T. Hunter Jarvie	P	A	A	Not re-elected to Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council
W. P. Kitson	P	P	P	P	P	A
J. R. Phillips	P	P	P	P	P	A
J. P. Sainsbury						P

on the disabled facilities grants scheme from the basic credit approval sector to the supplementary credit approval with effect from 1 April; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

Resources for disabled facilities grant are already provided within local authorities' basic credit approvals. This allows for the necessary flexibility of operational response in providing the support best suited to the needs of disabled people.